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Maoilíosa (male)

Variants:Maoilios (M) Myles (M)
Feminine form:Maoilíosa (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Irish Gaelic, "devotee of Jesus", originally only male but now also used as a female name.

The male form of Maoilíosa is Anglicised as Myles, as is Maolra/Maoil-Mhuire, Gaelic "devotee of Mary".
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